The husband allegedly targeted for assassination by Georgia housewife Lindsay Shiver and her Bahamian boyfriend told cops she had multiple affairs and would get ‘loads of money’ if he suddenly died, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Former college football star Robert Shiver, 38, claimed his wife of 13 years snuck an unnamed 18-year-old lover into their Abaco vacation home in the summer of 2022.
He told investigators he uncovered his ex-cheerleader wife’s alleged infidelity by looking at her Apple Watch but agreed to give the marriage another go for the sake of their boys aged four, 10 and 11.
Robert learned of a second alleged fling in February, however, this time with bartender Terrance Adrien Bethell, 37-year-old Shiver’s alleged co-conspirator in her supposed murder-for-hire plot.
Robert Shiver, 38, claimed his wife Lindsay snuck an unnamed 18-year-old lover into their Bahamas vacation home in the summer of 2022
Robert told investigators he uncovered his wife’s alleged infidelity by looking at her Apple Watch but agreed to give the marriage another go for the sake of their kids
Shiver, 37, is accused of trying to have her husband killed in a ‘murder-for-hire’ plot with her boyfriend Terrance Adrien Bethell
The insurance exec took aim at his estranged wife as Bahamian cops informed him on July 21 that she had just been arrested along with Bethell, 28, and Faron Newbold Jr, 29 – the pal they allegedly recruited for the foiled hit.
The former Auburn long snapper also told officers he was living in fear of his petite 5ft 3in wife in his two-page statement which was included in an indictment delivered to defense lawyers at a court hearing Friday in Nassau.
Shiver is seen staring glazed-eyed, with her mousy blonde hair pulled back in her mugshot, obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com after her arrest in the Bahamas
Insiders with knowledge of the dossier’s contents say it doesn’t mention anything about a murder weapon or method, nor does it unveil any planning or particular steps the trio took to slay Robert.
The case hinges instead on a handful of text messages and a disputed ‘confession’ from Shiver who admitted in a police interview that she told Bethell she ‘wanted to kill’ Robert and that Bethell ‘understood’ and ‘wanted to kill him also.’
In the same interview she insisted, however, that any talk of killing was ‘said out of anger and frustration’ in the aftermath of a huge argument she had with Robert, who filed for divorce in April.
Asked directly if she plotted with Bethel and Newbold Jr to eliminate him, the blonde mom-of-three from Thomasville, Georgia replied ‘no.’
Sources close to Shiver have told DailyMail.com she similarly refutes accusations of cheating and says her marriage was on the rocks long before she began dating anyone else.
The bust-up at the heart of the supposed murder-for-hire scheme happened on July 16 when Shiver tried to join Robert and their kids on a trip to the Abaco Islands, where the couple own a swish townhouse in the upscale resort of Baker’s Bay.
Shiver reported her ex to the Thomasville Police Department saying he refused to let her come and pushed her outside the $2.5 million marital home they were still sharing.
Shiver has been ordered to remain on the island where she must abide by a curfew, and report to the police station three times a week as she awaits trial
The Georgia housewife’s bartender lover, Terrance Bethel (left) and alleged ‘hitman’ Faron Newbold were snapped leaving court in October
Responding officers took no action after Robert denied assaulting Shiver. He said they were going through a divorce and his wife only wanted to fly to the Bahamas on their private jet so she could see her ‘boyfriend’.
That same day Bahamian police stumbled unknowingly into the dispute when they began investigating a break-in the previous evening at Grabbers, a waterfront bar close to Baker’s Bay where Bethel worked nights.
Investigators examined his phone because he was one of the last people on site and stumbled across unrelated messages between himself and Newbold Jr.
‘This n***a rolled up on Lindsay and wouldn’t let her on the plane and he put his hands on her. I am about to come out of retirement for this n***a,’ Bethell is alleged to have written to his childhood friend.
‘He is flying into Baker’s Bay, she is thinking about letting me kill him but he has the kids.’
Cops arrested Shiver on July 21, examined her iPhone and discovered she had sent Newbold Jr ‘several pictures of her husband Robert Shiver’ along with a text stating ‘kill him,’ it’s alleged.
When Bahamian authorities informed Robert of the alleged threat, he branded his wife ‘manipulating’ and speculated as to why she might want him out of the picture.
‘She had an affair with an 18-year-old about a year ago and came to Abaco and snuck him into my house in Abaco,’ his statement alleged.
‘I found out about it through her Apple Watch and she convinced me that she wants to be a family so we tried to make it work.’
The marriage crumbled for good when he discovered his wife’s relationship with Bethell in February, Robert said.
He accused his wife of drinking, making ‘poor decisions’ and falling in with an ‘unpleasant’ new crowd.
‘If something were to happen to me Lindsay would receive loads of money,’ added the dad-of-three, who flew back to the US while his ex was transferred to Nassau where she spent 19 days locked up in a rat-infested jail.
Shiver was eventually released on $100,000 bail and ordered to stay in the Bahamas, wear a GPS ankle monitor, report to police three times a week and abide by an 8pm curfew.
She’s not seen her children since her arrest and wrote in a recent social media post: ‘My heart is broken into a million pieces. I miss them dearly.
‘Being apart from them for so long has been the hardest experience of my life.’
Robert accused his wife of drinking, making ‘poor decisions’ and falling in with an ‘unpleasant’ new crowd
Robert spent Thanksgiving in the Turks and Caicos islands with new flame, Chrisley Knows Best alum Savannah Chrisley, 26
Shiver declined to comment Friday after briefly appearing at Nassau Magistrates court, wearing a smart white blazer and black pants.
She and her co-conspirators – who face up to 60 years in jail if prosecutors can prove the messages represented a genuine murder plot – will appear before a Supreme Court judge later this week to enter pleas and ask for a review of their bail conditions.
Their hopes of a speedy resolution are likely to be dashed as cases typically take three years or more to make it to trial in the overburdened Bahamian justice system.
DailyMail.com has learned that Robert planned to return to the Bahamas for the holidays but decided instead to spend Thanksgiving in the Turks and Caicos islands with new flame, Chrisley Knows Best alum Savannah Chrisley, 26.
He and Shiver are still scheduled to square off in Thomas County Superior Court, however, in their hostile divorce and custody battle.
While Robert has accused his wife of cheating, she countered with accusations of ‘physical and mentally cruel treatment’ and said the relationship with Bethel was ‘legally condoned’ by her husband.
Alabama native Shiver graduated from Auburn University, where the two met in 2007 while Robert was captain of the football team.
Robert signed with the Atlanta Falcons as a free agent but was let go in roster cuts ahead of the 2009 season and eventually became executive vice president for Senior Life Insurance Company.
Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com in August, Bethel declared his love for Shiver and said her marriage was on the rocks long before he came on the scene.
‘None of us have anything to hide. People are taking everything at face value and defaming us,’ he said.